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REDUCED COST COMPOSITE CONSTITUENTS
Project Title : Microsorting Mixed Thermoplastic Waste Streams Using Hydrocyclone Classifiers (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Charles A. Petty | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering | |
| Co-Investigator : Susan E. Selke | |
| Department : School of Packaging |
Project Title : Recycling of Post Consumer Waster Paper as Secondary Reinforcement in Concrete Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Parviz Soroushian | |
| Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering |
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NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Project Title : Thermotractive Titanium-Nickel/Polyimide Thin Film Elements for Smart Structural Composites (New)
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Precision-Performance, Controllable-Fluid, Laminated Composites Utilizing Active Optical Feedback (New)
| Principal Investigators : John R. Lloyd & Clark J. Radcliffe | |
| Department : Mechanical Engineering |
Project Title : Effect of Physical Aging on the Viscoelastic Response of Multi-phase Polymers (New)
| Principal Investigator : Andre Lee | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Brittle Ceramic Film Characterization by Nanoindentor (Renewal)
| Principal Investigators : Eldon D. Case & Ronald C. Averill | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : A New Technique for Making Continuous Fiber Metal Matrix Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Thomas R. Bieler | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : In-situ Study of Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation in Metal Matrix Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Martin A. Crimp | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Porous Ceramics - Preparation of Alumina Fiber Reinforced Alumina Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Melissa J. Crimp | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : High-Energy Ion Irradiation of Single-Crystal Sapphire Fibers for Improved Strength Retention in High-Temperature Metal-Matrix Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : David S. Grummon | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Elastic Properties of Laminated Composite Materials (Renewal jointly funded with CFMR)
| Principal Investigator : Iwona M. Jasiuk | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics | |
| Co-Investigator : Michael F. Thorpe | |
| Department : Physics & Astronomy |
Project Title : The Effect of Interface and Geometric Arrangement on the Local and Global Response of Composite Materials (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Iwona M. Jasiuk | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Characterization of Critical Fundamental Aging Mechanisms of High Temperature Polymer Matrix Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigators : Roger J. Morgan, Andre Y. Lee & Lawrence T. Drzal | |
| Department : CMSC/AMEES, Materials Science & Mechanics, CMSC |
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NEW AND/OR NOVEL COMPOSITE PROCESSING AND FABRICATION METHODS
Project Title : High Performance Photopolymerizable Composite Encapsulants for Improved Semiconductor Packaging (New)
| Principal Investigator : Alec B. Scranton | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering |
Project Title : Development of the Part-shaped Mold Process and the Controlled Microwave Processing Technique (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Martin C. Hawley | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering | |
| Co-Investigator : Jes Assmusen, Jr. | |
| Department : Electrical Engineering |
Project Title : Laser Machining and Joining of Metal-Matrix Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : K. Mukherjee | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : High Speed Videography of Fiber Transport and Deposition onto a Preform Screen (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Charles A. Petty & John F. Foss | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering |
Project Title : High Speed Production of Composite Sandwich Structures Through Novel Photopolymerizations (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Alec B. Scranton | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering |
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PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN MODELLING
Project Title : Polymer Composite-Reinforced Wood Beams for Transportation Infrastructure Applications (New)
| Principal Investigator : Ronald S. Harichandran | |
| Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering | |
| Co-Investigator : Frank J. Hatfield | |
| Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Project Title : Tuning the Energy Absorption Capability of Layered Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Dahsin Liu | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Multiscale Evaluation and Design of Textile Composite Materials (New)
| Principal Investigator : Ronald C. Averill | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics | |
| Co-Investigator : Roger J. Morgan | |
| Department : Adv. Materials Engr. Exp. Sta. - AMEES |
Project Title : Optimal Design of Laminated Structures Using Genetic Algorithms (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Ronald C. Averil | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics | |
| Co-Investigator : William F. Punch | |
| Department : Computer Science | |
| Co-Investigator : Erik Goodman | |
| Department : Case Ctr. for Computer Aided Engr. & Mfgr. |
Project Title : Measurement of Multidimensional Thermal Properties of CVD Carbon-Carbon (Renewal)
| Principal Investigators : James V. Beck & John J. McGrath | |
| Department : Mechanical Engineering |
Project Title : Dissipated Energy and Fatigue Damage of Modified Asphalt Concrete Mixes (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Karim Chatti & Gilbert Baladi | |
| Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Project Title : Hybrid Fastening of Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Gary L. Cloud | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Crashworthiness of Automotive Composite Materials and Structures (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Dahsin Liu | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Development and Characterization of Polymer Matrix Composites Suiting Utilization in the Concrete-Based Infrastructure (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Parviz Soroushian | |
| Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Project Title : Computational Methods for Highly Deformable Directionally Reinforced Elastic Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Thomas J. Pence | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
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ADVANCED DETECTION AND CONTROL METHODS FOR COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING
Project Title : In-Situ Cure Monitoring for Composites Processing Using Fiber Optic Fluorescence Sensors (Renewal jointly funded with CFMR)
| Principal Investigator : Alec B. Scranton & Gary J. Blanchard | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering & Chemistry |
Project Title : Electronic Holography and Shearography (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : Gary L. Cloud | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics | |
| Co-Investigator : Alvin Cederberg | |
| Affiliation : Lincoln Composites Corp. | |
| Co-Investigator : Charles Jacobus | |
| Affiliation : Cybernet Systems Corp. |
Project Title : Injection Molding of Chopped Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : K. Jayaraman | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering |
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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE
Project Title : Lead-Free Composite Solders (New)
| Principal Investigators : K. N. Subramanian & T. R. Bieler | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Environmental Effects on the Static Fatigue Behavior of Ceramic Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : E. Case | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
Project Title : Aging Effects on Service Environmental Performance of Polymeric Matrix Composites (Renewal)
| Principal Investigators : Andre Lee & Roger J. Morgan | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics & Adv. Materials Engr.Exp. Sta. Midland |
Project Title : Partitioning of Moisture in Polymer Matrix Composites: Effects on Microfracture and Fatigue Behavior (Renewal)
| Principal Investigator : James P. Lucas | |
| Department : Materials Science & Mechanics |
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Project Title : Center for Application of Controllable Fluids in Laminated Composite Materials
| Principal Investigators : John R. Lloyd & Clark J. Radcliffe | |
| Department : Mechanical Engineering | |
| Co-Investigator : James F. Steffe | |
| Department : Food Science & Human Nutrition | |
| Co-Investigator : Manoocher Koochesfahani | |
| Department : Mechanical Engineering | |
| Co-Investigator : Roger J. Calantone | |
| Department : Marketing & Logistics |
Project Title : Fluid Dynamics Research in Support of Advanced Materials Processing (New)
| Principal Investigators : Charles A. Petty & K. Jayaraman | |
| Department : Chemical Engineering | |
| Co-Investigators : John F. Foss & M. Koochesfahani | |
| Department : Mechanical Engineering |
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